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Umm...bites all over my butt after sitting on straw bales
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<blockquote data-quote="hurleyjd" data-source="post: 1647753" data-attributes="member: 4674"><p>When growing up and when we had a corn crib with ear corn in it and also a sack or two of dried pea seed still in the hulls. When playing in the corn or handling the peas we would break out as you experienced and my mother called it pea mites. Do not remember doing any thing except scratch them when they itched and they would be gone in a day or two. Here is a reference to them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><h2>Straw Itch Mites</h2><p> <a href="https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/mites-that-bug-people#section_heading_10924" target="_blank">Skip to Straw Itch Mites</a> </p><p> </p><p><em>Pyemotes tritici</em> commonly breed in stored grain, dried beans and peas, wheat straw, hay and other dried grasses. They are frequently a problem for people doing landscaping or feeding horses and other livestock. The mites are actually beneficial because they attack insects that feed on stored grain and similar materials. People who handle mite-infested materials will be attacked. The bites of straw itch mites are characteristically found on the trunk of the body and on the arms.</p><p>The best control strategy is to eliminate the mite's host insects. If possible, clean storage areas thoroughly and then treat the areas with a pesticide, such as cyfluthrin. Treating the straw is difficult because the mites are inside the bales as well as on the surface and there is no way to treat the entire bale. Additionally, there are no insecticidal sprays labeled in North Carolina for application to hay that is use used as feed for animals. If necessary, stored commodities can be fumigated with Phostoxin® to disinfest them. Fumigation should be performed by persons holding the appropriate private applicator license or <a href="http://www.ncagr.gov/SPCAP/structural/certify.htm" target="_blank">North Carolina F-phase structural pest control license or certification</a>. More importantly, the individual must have the technical training to handle these products safely. Fumigated hay must be handled properly to make certain it is fumigant free before using it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hurleyjd, post: 1647753, member: 4674"] When growing up and when we had a corn crib with ear corn in it and also a sack or two of dried pea seed still in the hulls. When playing in the corn or handling the peas we would break out as you experienced and my mother called it pea mites. Do not remember doing any thing except scratch them when they itched and they would be gone in a day or two. Here is a reference to them. [HEADING=1]Straw Itch Mites[/HEADING] [URL='https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/mites-that-bug-people#section_heading_10924']Skip to Straw Itch Mites[/URL] [I]Pyemotes tritici[/I] commonly breed in stored grain, dried beans and peas, wheat straw, hay and other dried grasses. They are frequently a problem for people doing landscaping or feeding horses and other livestock. The mites are actually beneficial because they attack insects that feed on stored grain and similar materials. People who handle mite-infested materials will be attacked. The bites of straw itch mites are characteristically found on the trunk of the body and on the arms. The best control strategy is to eliminate the mite's host insects. If possible, clean storage areas thoroughly and then treat the areas with a pesticide, such as cyfluthrin. Treating the straw is difficult because the mites are inside the bales as well as on the surface and there is no way to treat the entire bale. Additionally, there are no insecticidal sprays labeled in North Carolina for application to hay that is use used as feed for animals. If necessary, stored commodities can be fumigated with Phostoxin® to disinfest them. Fumigation should be performed by persons holding the appropriate private applicator license or [URL='http://www.ncagr.gov/SPCAP/structural/certify.htm']North Carolina F-phase structural pest control license or certification[/URL]. More importantly, the individual must have the technical training to handle these products safely. Fumigated hay must be handled properly to make certain it is fumigant free before using it. [/QUOTE]
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